Sean Murphy, JPII’s athletic director and head football coach since July 2018, has 30 years of experience in collegiate and high school athletics. He started his football coaching career at Towson University and McDaniel College. Murphy spent 20 years at Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, MD where he taught physical education, health, weight training, world civilization, military history, U.S. government, and geography. He was also the head varsity football coach from 1997-2016 (128-84 record with five conference championships and eight regular season titles), NCAA representative for 15 years, assistant athletic director for 14 years, and coached golf, tennis, and track and field. Murphy is Curley’s all-time winningest head football coach and was inducted into their Hall of Fame in 2020.
Murphy has a bachelor of science in mass communications from Towson University where he was a starting wide receiver on the football team all four years, setting school records for career receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. In 1999, he was inducted into the Towson University Hall of Fame. Murphy also has a master of science in physical education from McDaniel College.
